{"nrhp_refnum":"10000095","name":"Dan River Mill No. 8 (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["White Mill","Dhr #108-0123"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"424 Memorial Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Danville","county":"Danville","state":"VA","lat":36.59146849450005,"lon":-79.39486423865989,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-03-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story reinforced concrete textile mill known as Dan River Mill No. 8 or \"White Mill\", on the south bank of the Dan River at 424 Memorial Drive in Danville, Virginia. Construction began in 1920 and the mill opened in 1921; the parcel also includes a clinic, a power canal section and two bridges.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the mill represents Danville's leadership in Virginia textile production from the 1920s into the 1990s (Criterion A, Industry). It also represents post-World War I reinforced concrete mill construction designed by Boston firms (Criterion C, Architecture). It is described as the principal surviving post-war concrete structure of Danville's first textile industrial center.","narrative":"Dan River Mill No. 8, commonly called White Mill, is a large reinforced concrete textile mill on the south bank of the Dan River in central Danville, Virginia. Construction began in 1920 and the mill opened on Thanksgiving Day, 1921. Lockwood, Greene & Company of Boston designed it and Aberthaw Construction Company, also of Boston, built it, reportedly using Italian immigrant laborers housed on site. The four-story building, about 840 feet long, has elevator towers and simplified Gothic Revival detailing. The nominated parcel of 18.75 acres also holds a small concrete clinic, a section of the old power canal, and vehicular and pedestrian bridges over it. Earlier mills in the Riverside Division used thick brick walls and timber framing; Mill No. 8 marked a shift to concrete and electric power. It operated until the 1990s and is described as a symbol of the textile industry's dominance of Danville's economy. It is now vacant, and the city supports its designation to enable rehabilitation tax credits.","period_of_significance":"1920-1960","architect_builder":"Lockwood, Greene & Company / Aberthaw Construction Company","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival; Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed current function is vacant/not in use. Production ended in 1996; the building is believed to be in good condition overall, with deterioration and most windows bricked up.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.587959-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/6803/41680387/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/10000095.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000095/e6291179c2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000095/e6291179c2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"MarmadukePercy","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shuttered_textile_mill_Dan_River_Mills_Danville_Virginia.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">MarmadukePercy</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shuttered_textile_mill_Dan_River_Mills_Danville_Virginia.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680387","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_River_Inc._Riverside_Division_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15212697"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/danville/dan-river-mill-no-8-boundary-increase-10000095/"}